Aurélie

Kwiziq language super star

12 December 2016

12/12/16

Bonjour Cheryl !

Here (re: mes jambes), it's a case of needing to specify which legs as the context is not that explicit.
For example, the verb here is not reflexive, as in "Je me brosse les dents." (I brush myself the teeth.), in which case we're given the owner of the teeth within the sentence.
Here we need to say "mes jambes" as opposed to someone else's.

As for "les épaules", because of the clear context set up in the previous sentence, but also of the use of "avoir" (J'ai des crampes), the belonging of the shoulders is obvious, hence the use of "les".